Autographic register.



T. F. SCHIRMEB. AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21 1914.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

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THEODORE F. SCHIRMER, OLE DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 21, 1914. Serial 110,862,653.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, THEODORE F. SoHIR- MER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The kind of register to which my invention has special application is the crank operated register having a record strip which remains within the machine, and the invention has relation to the arrangements for mounting the record roll to receive "the record strip, and means for applying friction to the feeding rolls and relieving the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a record roll which is locked in position until the machine is open and tension rolls which can both vbe lifted by a finger pull, permitting the record strip to be drawn over the rolls, torn ofi, and remounted on the record roll'without disturbing the check strips. In the register-shown, the check strips are held in place during this operation by the perforations thereon, butany other desired means could be used for this purpose without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The manner in which my object is accomplished will be hereinafter specifically pointed out and claimed and the principal advantages noted.

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Figure 1 is a side elevation of theregister with the casing broken away -to show the record and check rolls.

Fig. 2 is a top planview of the register with the top-:portion of the casing removed.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section. of

the machine, taken just inside of the cam,

lever for shifting the tension rolls. Fig. 4'is a perspective view of the mounting and locking means for. the record strip record roll.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view showing the course of the three strips used.

Fig. 6 is a detail of the topfriction 11011 mounting.

Figs. 7 and 8 are details showing the friction device for the main feed roll. The machine has a casing having side walls 1, 1, and a writing tablet 2, over which the paper strips pass, a cover plate 2* and it has also a door 3 hinged at 4 to the base of the casing. QA sliding top 5 is secured in a groove 5 formed in the side walls, and ears 6, 6, on this sliding top engage over tongues 7 7, on the tablet top.

The casing above described is no more than an ordinaryform of casing for autographic registers of the recording type, and it will be understood that the door and sliding top cover that part of the compartment where the record roll is kept and where it is desired to have access to the machine interior to remove this roll. A look 8 1s prefstrips are brought up and passed over rollers 12., They are then drawn forward over the writing tablet 2 and passed between the main feed roll 13 and the friction roll 14. The strips A and B are then brought out and torn ofi.

For a further description of the roller 14 which is of familiar use in the art, see patent to Schirmer, No. 940,481, Nov. 16, 1909, the roller 22, as shown in Fig. 6. e

The record strip 0, however, is drawn around the feed roll, underneath the additional tension, roll 15 and then is wound over the record roll 16, mounted between the sides of the register. 1

The mountin of this record roll is as follows (Fig. 4 a spindle 17 is provided having a knurled head 18, This splndle finds bearings in the sides 1,1, of the register and passes through the record roll. A circumferential groove 19 is formed in the spindle at the point that lies normally 111st inside the casing, and mounted on the inslde of the casing is a small spring finger 20 that is normally held in the groove. This finger lies entirely inside the casing and must be raised out of the way before the spindle I can be withdrawn.

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from being withdrawn accidentally or deliberately without having access to the 1nside of the casing. It holds the spindle securely in place and still allows it to be drawn out when the box is unlocked.

The tension roller 14 is mounted on a spindle 21- which rides in a slot 22 on each side of abox 23 which forms'part of the tablet top (Fig. 6); This box is positioned so that it brings the roll directly over the feed roller, and spring pressed plungers 24 at each side, mounted in sockets'25 in the box 23, press down on the spindle 21 to supply the tension. The tension roller is thus normally held against the feed roller, but is capable of being pressed up away therefrom.

The record striptension roller is mounted similarly to the roller 14,'but in the side of the casing, Slots 26, 26, in the sides 1 receive the spindle 27 of this roller 15, and spring plungers 28, 28, at each side are -mounted-in small boxes 29 so as to press against the spindle 27. This pressure keeps (Fig.

cated so as to contact with the spindle 27 p of the cam end 32.

the roller tight against the feed roller, but as in the instance of the first roller it can be pushed awayfrom this position against the spring pressure to relieve the tension.

' A means is provided whereby aseries of interacting cams move the tension rollers out of contact position .(Fig. 3). A pivoted lever 30, on the casing '1,'.ha ving a finger hold 31, hasa cam end32 in contact with the arm of a bell crank 33. The other arm of the bell crank lies againstthe spindle 27 i :of the. tension roller 15. .When the lever 30' is pulled up at the end 31, this will press the bell crank upper arm against the spindle of the roller 15, throwing it out 'of the way for this position). The bell crank 33 is mounted on a spindle (see dotted lin'es'Fig. 3

33* that is journaled in the sides of the casmg, and this spindle has a cam .finger '33 2) at the other side of the casing-loat its other end, in. the same manner as the bell crank arm above referred to so that the spilndle 27 is shifted by pressing at both en s. I 1 i When the lever 30 is raised, it will remain 1n that position owing to the spring pres sure against the bell crank and the shape The upper bell crank arm lies against the foot 34. of a cam 35, pivoted to the casing. The cam 35 presses against the periphery .of the tension roller 14, and when the bell crank .is swung this cam 35 is raised up therebypushingsaid roller 14 out of tension posi- The operation of the register by means of the crank 36 is as follows. The crank is keyed on the spindle 37 of the feed roller 13. Mounted on the feed roller at each end is a dlsk 38 provided with a series of teeth '38, which cooperate with the perforations 39 with reference tothe other as the on the check strips A and B to hold the strips firmly and in .an unchanging relation to each other.

The spindle has also a cam 40 at each end located so as to raise the tension roll slightly While the feed roll is being turned, and a pin 41 on this .cam engages a spring pawl 42 to hold the spindle against backward rotation.

A gear 43 on the spindle meshes with a gear 44 on the casing, which in turn meshes with a gear (not shown) fast on the rec- 0rd roll 16. It will be understood that this crank operating mechanism is not claimed as new in this case. The means for supplying carbon paper to this register is not shown either. It will beunderstood that a piece of such paper is passed between the strips on .the

tablet top, so that Writing on the top check strip will. make an autographic copy on the duplicated check strip and the recording strip.

In removing the record roll, the door is unlocked andswung back, and the machine is open as far as necessary. The lever 30 is raised to relieve. all tension, the finger 20 swung away and the spindle 18 withdrawn. The roll is then removed from the machine,

and the strip torn 01f so as to get the most recent record.

- In returning the roll, the strip is pulled out as far-as is necessary for securing it to "the roll. This can be done without altering the position of the check strips, because the record is not perforated and does not engage the pins on the feed roll whereas the check strips are perforated andheld by the "pins. As was said before, however, some other meansof holding the check'strips without retaining the record strip, would serve the same purpose as the perforations and pins as far as this invention is con- -:-cerned.

The feature of a tension roller located at the side of the feed roller to keep taut a recording strip is a valuable one in this device. The record strip is held taut and absolutely non-binding without any lateral strain on the web of paper.

Inasmuch asthe'record roll is driven by the feed roll, some arrangement must be provided to allow slippage of the one roll paper is threaded end of the spindle to obtain the proper tension for the spring plate. In this way the gear 43 can slip under the spring tension as the diameter of the web changes on the record roll.

-Reference to specific mechanical expedients or the adoption of any certain kind of register, where not specifically noted, is not done with the intent of limiting the claims that follow to any specific one out of the field of equivalents.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an autographic register, a main roll, toothed feeding means spaced apart on said roll to receive and feed strips of paper perforated'marginally, said space between the feeding means adapted to receive a. narrow record strip, a record strip receiving roll adapted to be rotated to take up the record' strip, a tension roll located against the side of the main roll, to engage the record strip against the roll in its path therefrom to the receiving roll and a tension roll located against the top of the main roll to engage and hold taut the record strip at the termination of each feeding operation.

2. In an autographic register, a main roll, toothed feeding means spaced apart on said roll to receive and feed strips of paper perforated marginally, said space between the feeding means adapted to receive a narrow record strip, a record strip receiving roll adapted to be rotated to take up the record strip, and a tension roll located against the side of the main roll, to engage the record strip against the roll in its path therefrom to the receiving roll, said main roll having likewise an additional tension roll positioned to frictionally hold all stripsvagainst the main roll.

3. In an autographic register, a main feed roll adapted for underlying a plurality of check strips and a record strip, a sprocket feed for the check strips on the main roll, a tension roll located so as to press directly against the top of said roll against all of the strips, an additional tension roll located so as to press against the side of the feed roll, a record roll to receive the record strip after it has passed under both tension rolls,

and means for raising both tension rolls simultaneously to remove their tension.

4. In an autographic register, a main feed roll adapted to receive both a record strip and a check strip, afeed for the strips on the main roll, a tension roll to hold said strips against said feed roll said roll serving to hold taut the record strip at the termination of the feed, with the record strip passed part way around the feed roll, an additional tension roll to hold said record strip against the feed roll at the point where it is drawn away for storage, and means for raising both tension rolls simultaneously to remove their tension.

5. In an autographic register, in combination, an actuated and an idler feeding roller for simultaneously feeding a check strip and a record strip, the actuated roller comprising in part means for holding the check strip from moving until the actuated feeding roller is operated, a tension roller for the record strip, means for movably mounting the'same against the actuated feeding roller, and means for simultaneously movlng the tension roller and the idler roller away from the actuated feeding roller, so that the record strip can be pulled out without disturbing the check strip.

6. In an autographic register,- in combination, an actuated and an idler feeding roller for simultaneously feeding a check strip and a record strip, the actuated roller comprising in part means for holding the check strip from moving until the actuated feeding roller is operated, a tension roller for the record strip, means for movably mounting the same against the actuated feeding roller, .and a set of interacting cams for -si-' multaneously moving the'tension roller and the idler roller away from the actuated feeding roller, so that the record strip can be pulled out Without disturbing the check stri p THEODORE F. SCHIRMER.

Witnesses R. L. HOHLER, K. SMITH. 

